The government in China plans to end its one﹣child per family policy（政策）and instead let families have two children．

People knew the（41） 　　after an important meeting in Beijing．It's reported that there are many reasons（42） 　　the change in policy．One of them is to（43） 　　polulation development．

China has the world's（44） 　　population．It carried out the one﹣child policy in 1980．But the government（45） 　　only a small number of couples to have two children．For example，at rural areas，（46） 　　the first﹣born is a girl，couples can have a second child．

In 2013，the Chinese government（47） 　　other couples a chance to have two children．Families could have two if one（48） 　　was an only child．However，Too many young people in the cities are probably no longer（49） 　　in having a second child．

At the end of 2014，China had a population of 1.37 billion people．A total of 800（50） 　of them are employed（雇佣）．With the two﹣child policy，an increase in births will change the labor shortage（短缺）．

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